There were early signs that Celine Song would become a movie director On Wild Card, guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Celine Song shares a story from her childhood about the early signs that she'd become a movie director.
PCC returns to downtown Seattle — with a smaller footprint When PCC Corner Market opens this week, it will focus more on prepared foods for downtown workers and residents. Ruby de Luna
Stacey Abrams warns of autocracy and voter suppression, doesn't rule out another run Abrams isn't running for office — but she's not ruling it out, either. "Politics is a tool ... for getting good done, but it's not the only one." Her new thriller is Coded Justice. Tonya Mosley
'Outrageous' period drama showcases a political division that hits close to home Set in the 1930s, a new six-part BritBox series tells of the infamously non-conformist Mitford sisters, whose involvement in various political causes roiled their aristocratic parents. David Bianculli
Her love life was in chaos. The solution? Giving up sex After a bad breakup, writer Melissa Febos decided to abstain from sex and dating for a year. She didn't realize how much it would change her life. She tells her story in a new book, The Dry Season. Marielle Segarra
After Julie's mortifying moment in college, a classmate knew just how to help When Julie Ort was in college, she arrived late to her physics class. Suddenly, she fell over the first row of seats, in front of everyone in the stadium lecture hall.
Wrongly convicted, he became 'The Jailhouse Lawyer' — and helped free himself While serving a life sentence for a murder he was eventually exonerated of committing, Calvin Duncan studied law and helped many wrongfully convicted prisoners. His memoir is The Jailhouse Lawyer. Terry Gross
By land and by sea, these new nonfiction books will carry you away Helen Whybrow's memoir, The Salt Stones, is a closely-observed account of her life as a shepherd. In A Marriage at Sea, Sophie Elmhirst tells the true story of a couple adrift on a rubber raft. Maureen Corrigan
I went on a date with my AI dream guy. Then I cried over shrimp It started as a one-off dinner with a chatbot — a night of shrimp, sarcasm — then veered into something unsettlingly human. Windsor Johnston
Why the latest season of 'Love Island USA' became the internet's obsession Love Island USA Season 7 has drawn outsized attention. Slate magazine culture writer Nadira Goffe says that's because fans have more sway than ever. Steve Inskeep
